Printed on the plate
“Ring Plover”
Adult Male 1. Young in August 2.
Modern identification
Charadrius semipalmatus
- Certain
- Plovers and Lapwings · Charadriidae
Why
Audubon's “Ring Plover” is today's Semipalmated Plover
Sources
Featherframe havell.yaml; plate title from audubon.org
Who made the plate
Drawn from Nature by J. J. Audubon, F. R. S. F. L. S.Engraved, Printed and Coloured. by R. Havell. 1836.
- John James Audubon drew
- Robert Havell Jr. engraved, printed and coloured
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